52 | Oregon Home PINK AMY TROUTE amytroute.com Color can add specific energy to a room— even when it doesn’t exist anywhere else in the house. Portland interior designer Amy Troute explored this idea for the guest room in a top-to-bottom custom build in Sylvan Heights. “They’re young, fun and always open to creative new ideas,” says Troute of these repeat clients. One of the owners was especially excited about adding a feminine pink, since she is the only woman in the house. The particular pink they chose came from a hue in the cloudy artwork that inspired the room. “Spaces we design are often inspired by art, fabric or a favorite piece of furniture,” Troute says. “This cloudy pink piece just had to find a place in the home, so we built the guest room around it.” Troute’s clients, she says, are very into color and loved the warm, ethereal mood the piece evokes. For the rest—a candy-pink velvet lumbar pillow, unique ceramic pieces bedside— Troute worked with more restrained versions of the color, just enough so that the painting feels at home in the space. “The right pink can transform the light in a space and make it warm, calming and pretty,” Troute says. “Who doesn’t want to feel pretty?” Color, Troute says, is everything in her work. “It’s an ideal place to start,” she says. “When used effectively, it brings an effortless balance and flow to a space.”
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